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    Unhappy Hopeless...

    Okay, so what do I have to do (apart from fork out for some quality image editing software) to get myself a fine-looking sig/avatar, much like the rest of you wonderful gentlemen and ladies?

    Seriously. I'd like to know.

    Apparently my wonderful lady-friend can't get one either.
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    0iD I reckon he means he can't choose one in the user CP.

    Maybe you need 250 posts I can't remember.
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    mine was made in paint with some pictures from websites

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    0iD I reckon he means he can't choose one in the user CP.

    Maybe you need 250 posts I can't remember.
    Furrymuff m8, 500 posts for an avatar as far as I know & nowt fr a sig pic. I'm still saving for an avatar misself
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    Quote Originally Posted by Galant
    Okay, so what do I have to do (apart from fork out for some quality image editing software) to get myself a fine-looking sig/avatar, much like the rest of you wonderful gentlemen and ladies?

    Seriously. I'd like to know.

    Apparently my wonderful lady-friend can't get one either.
    there's no need to fork out for the inmage software, go to either www.adobe.com or www.jasc.com and download the trail versions of photoshop or paintshop pro. They're free for 30 days, plenty time to have a play about and come up with a decent enough avatar, and you dont even need to be particularly skilled in it either!

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    Okay, so...good one Elmo - thanks for the reminder on that one.

    The question now is, what sizes are your sigs and avatars - pixel-wise?

    Anyone used GIMP, know if it's any good?
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    my sigs something like 120 * 400ish and made in photoshop 6.0

    avatars are smaller, the max size is in your user cp iirc

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    120 x 400 ish? Pixels?

    Because I just put a couple of sigs together, and when I tried to upload them, they were tiny!

    Mine were 600 x 212 I think, or something.
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    Duh.
    I'm feeling stupid now!
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    Still puzzled though, since the pixel size of my sig is higher than your, yet the thing is minute.
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    Just a quick favour - if I send my sig to someone, is there any chance they could resize it for me and return it?

    That would be quicker than me waiting until I get home tonight and coming back tomorrow.

    Thanks.
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    yeah send it on, i'll even host it for you if you like. Email is in the sig.

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